Painter says more consistency needed for Purdue men's basketball

T. Johnson listed day-to-day with ankle sprain

7:43 PM,
Nov. 10, 2012

Written by

Jeff Washburn

In the preseason, Matt Painter is of the opinion that a loss can be an excellent learning experience for a college basketball team.

But Painter stresses that once the regular season begins, that theory no longer applies.

While the Purdue coach believes his Boilermakers, who played Friday night without leading scorer Terone Johnson, can learn from the 70-65 defeat to Bucknell in the 2K Sports Classic in Mackey Arena, this does not fall into the good loss category. ...